SENIOR · HALO STUDIES
Material Culture and Technological Exchange
Study artifacts, adaptation, manufacture, and cultural ownership.
LESSON 01Artifacts have biographies
Objects move through manufacture, use, capture, repair, display, and reinterpretation.
Artifacts have biographies
Objects move through manufacture, use, capture, repair, display, and reinterpretation.
Sources: HALO-ENC-2022, WAYPOINT-SYSTEM-SHOCKS, WAYPOINT-DIPLOMACYLESSON 02Adoption is selective
Communities adapt foreign technology to local institutions rather than copying it without change.
Adoption is selective
Communities adapt foreign technology to local institutions rather than copying it without change.
Sources: HALO-ENC-2022, WAYPOINT-SYSTEM-SHOCKS, WAYPOINT-DIPLOMACYLESSON 03Exchange raises power questions
Access, expertise, dependency, and ownership shape who benefits from shared technology.
Exchange raises power questions
Access, expertise, dependency, and ownership shape who benefits from shared technology.
Sources: HALO-ENC-2022, WAYPOINT-SYSTEM-SHOCKS, WAYPOINT-DIPLOMACY